Distance from the record
This close sat 66.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 12 April 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.44 per troy ounce on 12 April 2018, down $0.295 (1.76%) from the previous close of $16.74.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 66.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.28, making this a -10.04% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.44 per troy ounce on 12 April 2018. That is $0.30 lower than the previous close of $16.74, a move of -1.76%.
The silver price fell on 12 April 2018, losing $0.30 (1.76%) against the previous session's close of $16.74.
At $16.44 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 12 April 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 81.4 on 12 April 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 81.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 66.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.